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  1. If you decide to go with Sonlight, there will be workbooks for handwriting, phonics, and math. In addition to those, Sonlight provides worksheets for their L/A and Science programs. It may actually be enough to keep your little guy satisfied.
  2. If your son does it as is, there will be plenty of work (my dd did 100 in 8th, my son in 9th). The student guides for history have tons of mapping, comprehension questions, vocabulary, and discussion questions (some of which I used for essay topics). I would suggest that if you're going to add Lightning Literature for the English credit, there's no need to buy the literature module (it will be way too much to do). The only addition I made to 100 was the test packet for History of US from Hewitt Homeschooling (and in hindsight, I can say they are not necessary).
  3. Yes, that's definitely true if you want a course where you need to be hands-off. MathHelp has worksheets in addition to the few automatically graded problems. I marked the worksheets and provided any additional teaching my son needed, but I wasn't looking to outsource.
  4. My son used it for Algebra 2 a few years ago, and it was a hit! He'd completed MUS Algebra 1 and Geometry, but wanted a curriculum with daily, not weekly videos. I also purchased a cheap textbook to use for reference (Introductory and Intermediate Algebra for College Students by Blitzer). I purchased the subscription to MathHelp through a group buy at the Homeschool Buyers Co-op with a nice discount. I do have to say that the course is fairly short, though covers the Common Core standards. My son was able to complete it in just a few months, which was our goal at that time (I'd had him do an Algebra 1 review for the first half of that year, because he felt like he'd forgotten much of it during the previous year when he did Geometry).
  5. MUS Geometry is very light, so you may want to have him work through it over the summer with an eye toward beginning Algebra 2 in the fall. I know summer work stinks, but it truly is a light and easy course that he should be able to complete successfully.
  6. My daughter's Vera Bradley backpack and notebook laptop have lightened the load on her back considerably. She also likes to buy the loose leaf textbooks and put the chapters she's working on in smaller binders.
  7. Yes, I have. They seem to think I'm some kind of genius and I have no idea why. When they saw I graduated from college with a 3.45 GPA, there was this realization of "Oh, that's why mom says to just do the best job we can and not worry so much about getting all A grades. She really means it!" They are much better students and have much higher grades than I ever did. I'm so proud of them!
  8. We did the World Literature course a few years ago, and I felt the Teacher's Manual was basically an answer key (with very few grading helps here and there). If you're keeping up with the reading, and engaged in the course along side your student, you won't need it.
  9. With a boy who loves books and has his letter formation down, I'd do lots of read-alouds, keep supplying him with books he likes to read for enjoyment, play lots of math games, have a composition book available for days he may feel like writing and illustrating, and maybe add some Kumon cutting and pasting books into the mix. It sounds like you have a really great routine going already! :)
  10. I'd be inclined to drop the formal spelling. I think that editing her own work will help her to internalize the spelling and punctuation.
  11. The Schreyers Honors College requires a separate application, essay, and interview. I believe the scholarship is $4,000 per year, but don't quote me on that. The Presidential Scholarship is not attached to Schreyers, but to the branch campus honors program.There's really little to no true merit aid for freshman at PSU these days. For instance, the National Merit scholarship is $2,000 per year.
  12. This is just how Penn State admissions works (my daughter is a freshman at a branch). If your student applied by Nov. 30th, you'll get a decision by Jan 30th. If you check College Confidential, numerous students with high stats are in the same boat. Rest assured that homeschoolers are given the same consideration as students from b&m schools. Since my daughter was high stats (in the top 6 students) for her freshman class at her branch, she was awarded a Presidential Scholarship (tied to the campus honors program). She had a fantastic first semester and no one seems to care that she was homeschooled.
  13. If you decide to go with SL for lit/comp, they offer a writing coach service through Write at Home.
  14. It was 4.5 years ago, so I don't know how much has changed with the test, but my son didn't miss any math questions on the CAT after using TT7. The test was really quite easy.
  15. My daughter's grades are all in for her first semester and she made a 3.69. :) She's absolutely loving school (she's at our local Penn State branch) and thriving in the campus honors program!
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